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Attacking our democracy. that's the underlying source for the tension between the cia and donald trump. it's his general threat to this country through his policies and through his alignment with vladimir putin. that's the deeper issue here. it's not the capability of our intelligence analysts or anything else. that's the deeper issue. donald trump will blame it on the iraq war and a range of other things he can point to but that is the deeper issue. >> indeed. nada and evan, appreciate you being here. >> coming up, flooding the zone, republicans staff hearings for six cabinet picks on a singl...

Two top intelligence officials with direct tell nbc news a detailed russian cyber attacks. the staff, the state department, american companies. some successful, others thwarted. the report explains moscow's motive, partly to disrupt the democratic process and partly as payback, the intelligence analysts conclude, for the obama administration's questioning of vladimir putin's legitimacy as president. it's not just last year's presidential campaign either. the report backs russian cyber activity back to 2008 and 2012 it doesn't speculate on whether russia's interference affected the outcome of 2...

Attack our electric grid. >> the last thing that putin has done is, of course, he says he is going to delay any kind of response regarding obama's sanctions here. other intelligence analysts who say they believe he is trying to pretend he is santa claus here but at the same time he didn't expel those u.s. spies in russia, because it would be a lot of work to expel them. they already know pretty much where they go, what they do, what kind of conversations they have, what they are eating. if you got rid of them in retaliation, they would have to start all over with another group of american spie...

Is going into the administration. she's going to be named as a counselor to donald trump, a counselor to the president. she had talked about not wanting to join this administration simply because of her young family and other things but she will now be a counselor to the president, a sign that she will be one of his top advisers when he takes office 29 days from today. >> jeff, thanks for that bit of breaking news. kellyanne conway is going to join us in about an hour to talk about her new title, what it means and the issues facing the president less than a month before inauguration day. who...

Seemingly we're told that president-elect trump does not take the daily intelligence briefing as you know is a never ending and continuing story. does that bother you at all? >> you know, it really doesn't. he's not president of the united states yet. it's only been a little over a month after his election. what's he been focusing on? he's been focusing on putting together his cabinet and the agency and department heads that are going to help him govern this country. that's really what he should be doing. how people take daily intelligence really depends a lot on the style of which the preside...